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Property Manager - Gibson Management Group, Ltd.
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2010 

Long time #24 sponsor DuPont is giving up primary sponsorship of the Hendrick Motorsport's Chevrolet driven by 4X NASCAR Champ Jeff Gordon in 2011....so HMS is out searching for sponsorship.  NASCAR has wanted WalMart to come into the sport for years and while preliminary discussions are ongoing,...
08/24/2010
Much has been in the news recently about "government" job pay scale FAR exceeding that of the "private" sector.  This being ALSO being played out in our area's rental market as many new-hires for government and military positions are moving into the area and they are being subsidized by the gover...
08/24/2010
  1.  Thou shalt not rent to friends or relatives.This should be enhanced to include friends from church or co-workers.2.  Thou shalt not show the unit until the property is rent-ready.One of the BIGGEST problems tenants complain about is seeing a property while the landlord is in the midst of r...
08/23/2010
The elder Bushes are vacationing at their home on Walker Point in Kennebunkport, Maine and during their vacation, they will screen the film "Mao's Last Dancer" about Li Cunxin who defected from China to the US in the 1980s. The Bushes are featured in news footage as Li is held hostage in the Hou...
08/22/2010
  Our area of VA is still at less than 5%.  Unskilled/blue color are the hardest hit.  I get rental inquiries and when I check where they are coming from and that they think they can IMMEDIATELY get a job, I advise them to call me when they get a job and have their first paycheck!   So how is the...
08/22/2010
NASCAR's three Bristol races are in the record books for more reason that one.  Kyle Busch won the Camping World Truck race on Wednesday night in his OWN KBI truck; then he won the Nationwide race on Friday night in a Toyota Camry and THEN, last night, he won the Cup race last night for the FIRST...
08/22/2010
08/22/2010
Although he continues to run ads about GOP candidate not attending a candidates "forum" because of the inclusing of a third party spoiler, freshman 5th District Congressman Tom Perriello AND GOP challenger Robert Hurt have agreed to a televised debate October 19th at PVCC at 7P. The event is bein...
08/19/2010
While growing up in Charlottesville, VA, I was a day-student at a private school (St.Anne's now St.Anne's Belfield).  We did not wear uniforms; however, we had to wear saddle oxford type shoes * I wore women's Spaulding golf shoes with the flap over the laces and I had painted them BLUE. Because ...
08/19/2010
Incumbant 1st term Dem Congressman Tom Perriello is out on the "town hall" stump and voters are not HAPPY.  In light of some disruptions with SIGNS at recent town hall meetings, Perriello's office has BANNED signs. Enter John W. Whithead of Charlottesville's Rutherford Institute (remember Paula J...
08/19/2010